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Applicants for a Goods Vehicle Operator’s Licence must show that they are ‘professionally competent’ or that they employ a transport manager who meets the requirements. Persons will be considered ‘professionally competent’ by passing the examination for the Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) conducted by OCR Examinations on behalf of the Department for Transport (DfT). Are…

Few examples how the government is trying to stop killing people on the road. Ask yourself what do you do to stop it… Other people make mistakes Published on 5 Jan 2014 No one should pay for a mistake with their life, give people a chance to make an error and still survive. We share…

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You receive a call from one of your established customers saying they’ve received an order for a delivery to China and being their main transport provider on road transport around Europe they expect you to have the answers and be able to help. You’re left with the difficult decision, either you say you have no…

As part of your O licence obligations and the Road Traffic Act 1988, your declaration to ensure your vehicles are maintained to a roadworthy standard includes ensuring your drivers carry out daily walk around checks of your vehicles. Drivers must be able to report any defects that could prevent the safe operation of the vehicles.…

HGVs are responsible for 15% of pedestrians killed on roads and 19% cyclist deaths across the UK, rising to over 50% of the cyclist fatalities in London. It is not safe for HGVs with blind spots to share the roads with pedestrians and cyclists and priority must be given to the safety of vulnerable road…

If you are a driver on a journey that falls into scope of Drivers’ Hours Rules and Regulations then you are required to keep a record of your journey. The examples of records are analogue tachograph, digital tachograph card, or a log book depending on type of work undertaken and vehicle used.. In the same…

Using digital and analogue tachograph on one shift proves to be challenging for many drivers. It doesn’t need to be providing they follow one simple rule that there can only be only one record which continues on either chart or digital card and switches as they change the vehicles. Many drivers make a mistake of…

The numerous laws, rules and agreements that must be followed while operating heavy goods vehicles overseas also include the regulations concerning Maximum Gross Weight of the vehicles. In the European Community countries, after admission of Sweden and Finland, where for competitive and environmental reasons longer and heavier vehicle combination than those in the EU Directives…

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Full record of ALL driver’s activities is required throughout a working day. Keeping records of only driving is short of requirements! It is important to understand that drivers recording their activities via the tachograph are required to keep record for all activities not just driving. This may include accounting for time spent away from the vehicle and require…

HGV and under 3500 kg vehicle weight limits explained. Knowing your maximum vehicle weight and not exceeding it is one of the undertakings of an Operator’s Licence and breaching the rules can cost you severely. Sticking to weight limits is not limited to heavy goods operators and anyone can face a penalty whilst driving or…

It has become a common practice for small fleet operators to hire external managers to look after their Operator Licence. Unfortunately it is not unknown for this managers to be working only on paper with very little involvement in the company,which is totally unacceptable from public interest and Traffic Commissioner’s point of view. The risk…

You receive a call from one of your established customers saying they’ve received an order for a delivery to China and being their main transport provider on road transport around Europe they expect you to have the answers and be able to help. You’re left with the difficult decision, either you say you have no…

To change local time on VDO digital tacho you need to follow this steps: Press OK to bring up the menu use arrow down to find local time setting you will only be able to change time in 30 min blocks Stoneridge tacho: Press ok then use arrow down to find settings and from settings…

Using digital and analogue tachograph on one shift proves to be challenging for many drivers. It doesn’t need to be providing they follow one simple rule that there can only be only one record which continues on either chart or digital card and switches as they change the vehicles. Many drivers make a mistake of…